Mathematics Word Problems Q&A Practice Quiz
Solve a word problem and explore related facts.
1. Rachel has 17 apples. She gives 9 to Sarah. How many apples does Rachel
have now?
Answer: Rachel has 8 apples
2. Jack has 8 cats and 2 dogs. Jill has 7 cats and 4 dogs. How many dogs are
there in all?
Answer: There are 6 dogs in total
3. If there are 40 cookies altogether and A takes 10 and B takes 5 how many
are left?
Answer: There are 25 cookies left
4. If Jane has 23 cats and I have 2 cats, and then Jane gives me 5 cats, how
many more cats does Jane have than I?
Answer: Jane has 11 cats more than I have
5. Rhonda has 12 marbles more than Douglas. Douglas has 6 marbles more
than Bertha. Rhonda has twice as many marbles as Bertha has. How many
marbles does Douglas have?
Answer: Douglas has 24 marbles
6. The length, breadth, and height of a room are 6 m 80 cm, 5 m 10 cm, and 3
m 40 cm respectively. Find the length of the longest tape in "cm" which can
measure the dimensions of the room exactly.
Answer: 170 cm
7. Mary, Peter, and Lucy were picking chestnuts. Mary picked twice as many
chestnuts as Peter. Lucy picked 2 kg more than Peter. Together the three of
them picked 26 kg of chestnuts. How many kilograms did each of them
pick?
Answer: Peter, Mary, and Lucy picked 6, 12, and 8 kg, respectively
8. Sophia finished
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of a book. She calculated that she finished 90 more
pages than she has yet to read. How long is her book?
Answer: 270
9. A farming field can be plowed by 6 tractors in 4 days. When 6 tractors
work together, each of them plows 120 hectares a day. If two of the
